...What we don't need, however, is a kneejerk reaction to the attempted hijacking. The Government is set to announce this week what it will do following the case of the Somalian refugee who carried two knives aboard the domestic flight, then tried to redirect the aircraft to Australia. The woman is obviously mentally ill, and the thought that terrorists might target these small commuter-type aircraft is simply laughable - they'd bounce off objects such as Auckland's Sky Tower.

Unlike the air traffic problems, this case was an isolated event. The travelling public do not need any restrictions or more costs imposed on them on these provincial services....